Acompanhamento dos trabalhos de reabilitação de um edifício

O presente relatório diz respeito ao trabalho desenvolvido durante o período de estágio curricular que se enquadra no segundo ano do Mestrado em Engenharia Civil do Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto. O estágio decorreu na empresa Paviazeméis em ambiente de gabinete e obra, no cumprimento dos requisitos da unidade curricular DIPRE (Dissertação/Projeto/Estágio). Procurou-se neste documento enquadrar o estágio, e a sua importância, e apresentar a empresa onde teve lugar. A Paviazeméis é uma empresa vocacionada essencialmente para obras públicas de estradas. Uma das empreitadas adjudicadas incluiu a reabilitação de um edifício, tendo sido necessário reforçar a equipa, de modo a corresponder às expectativas propostas. O estágio desenvolvido passou pela integração na equipa responsável pela execução da empreitada, tendo como objetivo dar apoio à obra em questão. Para além do enquadramento do estágio e da obra, fez-se uma breve apresentação da proposta de intervenção, descrevendo os diversos projetos, o planeamento da obra e os trabalhos de execução, juntamente com os pormenores construtivos e imagens de obra. Foram referenciados também os diversos tipos de controlo executados em obra e por fim, o fecho da empreitada.

HIV Voluntary Testing among Portuguese Women Attending Family Planning Clinics: Implications for HIV Prevention Education and Testing

Objectives: The aim of this article is to analyze the factors associated with HIV testing among 767 sexually active women. Methods: Participants were administered several self-report questionnaires that assessed behavioral and psychosocial measures. Results: Overall, 59.8% of the participants reported ever having tested for HIV. Results show that higher levels of education, being pregnant or having been pregnant, concern about AIDS, AIDS knowledge, self-efficacy in condom negotiation and perception of no risk in partner significantly predicted the likelihood of testing among women. Attending the mass was negatively associated with HIV testing. Conclusions: These findings provide information that can be used in the development of a focused gender sensitive HIV prevention program to increase HIV testing.

Predictors of consistent condom use among Portuguese women attending family planning clinics

Women account for 30% of all AIDS cases reported to the Health Ministry in Portugal and most infections are acquired through unprotected heterosexual sex with infected partners. This study analyzed socio-demographic and psychosocial predictors of consistent condom use and the role of education as a moderator variable among Portuguese women attending family planning clinics. A cross-sectional study using interviewer-administered fully structured questionnaires was conducted among 767 sexually active women (ages 18–65). Logistic regression analyses were used to explore the association between consistent condom use and the predictor variables. Overall, 78.7% of the women were inconsistent condom users. The results showed that consistent condom use was predicted by marital status (being not married), having greater perceptions of condom negotiation self-efficacy, having preparatory safer sexual behaviors, and not using condoms only when practicing abstinence. Living with a partner and having lack of risk perception significantly predicted inconsistent condom use. Less educated women were less likely to use condoms even when they perceive being at risk. The full model explained 53% of the variance in consistent condom use. This study emphasizes the need for implementing effective prevention interventions in this population showing the importance of taking education into consideration.